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Don't Shoot (My) Messengers

Oy. The things that are being said about my long-time partner Bob Jaffe (That's him to the left with his wife, he's a great looking guy, right?) And to the right is one of his favorite cars. The guy has good taste, don't you think?

Let me set the record straight. Bob was never the sharpest knife in the drawer, but thank God he was smart enough to marry Helen, the ugly duckling daughter of one of the richest shmata kings in the country, a guy that's been my very reliable investor for years, and an amazing philanthropist, Carl Shapiro.

When I had Bob hit up Carl for a few more hundred million as recently as a few weeks ago, just so I could make a few checks out to special friends, and pay year end bonuses to sons, daughters, nieces and nephews, you know what Carl did? He wrote another check! Is this guy great or what??

At just because Carl's 90 years old doesn't mean he isn't sharp. Do you really think he trusted Bob to do anything more than carry a golf bag? wink

Bob- You know how I really feel about you. And Sonny. The fact is, that $17 million mansion in Palm Beach was paid for courtesy of Carl's getting a job for you at Cohmad. And it was the the checks that I wrote to Cohmad that paid for that house.

But you did everything I told you, and no hard feelings. Carl's still got a few hundred mil, you've got your house--and the next time Jerry Fisher wants to pick a fight with you, you tell him to have a little class and do it outside of Mar-A-Lago, not inside, where all of the other members can watch.

Full post as published by Bernard Madoff on December 21, 2008 (boomark / email).